I can think of someone else who deserves to die.
(Daily Tech) — New details about the Wikileaks story raise serious questions about site’s journalistic legitimacy
In a special by the Public Broadcasting Service, entitled WikiSecrets, people close to the drama will open up about what happened in the months leading up to the arrest of Bradley Manning and in the months after. The special offers a rich picture, with diverse commentary. Among the recap of previous coverage there’s some new developments — serious questions about Wikileaks‘ behavior which the site’s staunchest supporters will doubtless dismiss the claims as conspiracy.
…Mr. Assange has publicly stated that the site was very careful in redacting details that might endanger lives and that it only published when it was sure no one would be endangered. He dubbed this a “harm-minimization process”
But PBS cites “insiders within the organization” as accusing Mr. Assange of only considering redactions as an afterthought and performing them in haste before publication.
The special contains an interview with Mr. Assange’s former right-hand man and Wikileaks spokesperson, Daniel Domscheit-Berg, who has called out his former ally claiming he behaved negligently. Mr. Domscheit-Berg claims that Mr. Assange only agreed to redact parts of the 90k logs with four hours left before publication. The results were sloppy redactions, that may have exposed and harmed U.S. allies. Mr. Domscheit-Berg recalls being shocked and “horrified” by the media reporting that Wikileaks possibly endangered lives.
David Leigh of England’s Guardian newspaper has leveled a shocking accusation against Mr. Assange in the special.
He recalls a meeting he was invited to about the publication of the war memos. He remembers pleading with Assange to redact the names of tribal elders and U.S. informants who were exposed cooperating with the U.S. and could be the subject of deadly retribution. He comments, “Julian was very reluctant to delete those names, to redact them. And we said: ‘Julian, we’ve got to do something about these redactions. We really have got to.'”
“And he said: ‘These people were collaborators, informants. They deserve to die.’ And a silence fell around the table.”
HT: Watcher